Les Pipes De La Quarantaine

The Archaeology Of The Clay Tobacco Pipe Xixthe Collection Of Almost , Clay Pipes From The Quarantine Port Of Pomègues Provides AUnique Insight Into Pipe Production And Use Throughout The Mediterranean And Further AfieldThe Author,s Exhaustive Study Makes ASignificant Contribution To Knowledge Both Of Pipe Production And Circulation In ANumber Of Different WaysAlthough These Have Already Been Recognised And Published From ARange Of Sites Throughout The Mediterranean Basin, The Pomègues Collection, Arriving Off Marseilles On Ships From Many Ports Of Origin, Is By Far The Most Extensive And Varied Yet CollectedThis Study Establishes ALogical Nomenclature For The Formal And Technical Variables That Can Be Observed On These PipesThe Pomègues Assemblage Demonstrates Clearly That AWide Range Of Stylistic And Constructional Forms, Many Previously Though To Be Late, Coexisted Over AWide Geographical AreaAll Existing Dating Typologies For Ottomanstyle Pipes Will Now Have To Be RevisedUsing Existing Published Groups From Specific Sites And Areas The Author Has Attempted To Identify The Origins Of The Pipes Within The Empire Whether From North Africa, The Near East, Asia Minor Or GreeceQuite Apart From The Ottomanstyle Pipes, The Author Provides An Interesting Study Of The Extensive Dutch Element In The Pomègues CollectionThe Pipes Derive From ALarge Number Of Makers And ANumber Of Probable Centres And Include ARange Of Qualities, Including Possible CopiesAn Attempt To Combine Stembore Analysis, Bowl Form And Maker Information In ASingle Dating Statement For Each Pipe Provides An Original Contribution To The Study Of Dutch Pipes From This Kind Of ContextThe English Pipes Are Fewer In Number And More Difficult To Source With Few Distinctive Regional Forms Or Makers,marksThis Study Describes And Identifies For The First Time AMajor Pipe Production Centre In Venice, Producing Thrown Pipes In ASpecific Technology, Contrasting With The Wellknown Moulded Types From ChioggiaFinally, The Author Has Defined, Albeit Tentatively, ARange Of thcentury Products From France And Provides Some Indication Of How Such Pipes Can Be Identified In The FutureThis Is Important As Very Little Research Has Been Carried Out On The Products Of An Industry Which, From The Documentary Sources, Was ASignificant One.
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